Health Care Decision-Making by Adults with Mental Retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-87

  Cea, Christine D ^a   Fisher, Celia B ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RATING SCALE; AGED; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0038316478     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)041<0078:HCDMBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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